Newt is a rare variant of Ned that peaked in 1914 and remains in steady use.
Newt is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,073 for boy births in the United States (and #14,865 across all names), given to 12 babies. Newt first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1914 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #7,073 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | #5,593 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | #7,173 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | #6,061 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | #5,489 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | #5,628 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | #7,480 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #5,051 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #5,986 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #7,023 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | #9,316 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | #7,398 |
| 2013 | 11 | 11 | #7,395 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #13,640 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #11,851 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #11,770 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #10,925 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #11,633 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #8,485 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #8,144 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,560 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,511 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,445 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #3,019 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,184 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,438 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,196 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,193 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,622 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #2,997 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,043 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,744 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #2,812 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,867 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,919 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #1,949 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,897 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,858 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,374 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,083 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,428 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,101 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,049 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,490 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,583 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,813 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,260 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #2,710 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | #2,021 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,057 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | #2,057 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,778 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | #1,799 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,442 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,748 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #3,718 |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #1,945 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,655 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | #2,160 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,820 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,859 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | #1,378 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | #2,046 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | #1,704 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #1,681 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #980 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,084 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,195 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #845 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,026 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #950 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #917 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #695 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #710 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,191 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #996 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #926 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #796 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | #657 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #888 |
| 1887 | 13 | — | #506 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #742 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | #816 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #935 |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #474 |
| 1882 | 14 | — | #508 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #580 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | #625 |